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Tainted meat sold Janaya Fuller-Evans staff reporter
Beef sold at two Halal meat markets in Burnaby is part of a B.C. recall because it may be tainted with E. coli. Retailers are recalling lean ground beef sold at Al-Safa Halal Meat at 6953 Kingsway between Sept. 3 and Sept. 5, and beef trimming and stew meat sold at Madina Halal Meat Market at 7411 Edmonds St. between Sept. 3 and 10. The meat from Al-Safa has UPC codes beginning with 0200022, while the meat from Madina is not labeled. The recall stems from Establishment 362 Pitt Meadows Meat Packers. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced the recall on the meat, which may be tainted with E. coli O157:H7, on Tuesday. Other shops affected by the recall include Bengal Meat Limited and Shaista’s Halal in Surrey, and Yaas Bazaar Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Food in North Vancouver. Ground lamb is included in the recall at Yaas Bazaar. The dates the affected meat were sold at the other stores range from Sept. 3 to Sept. 13. Halal meat is prepared in accordance with Islamic dietary guidelines. There haven’t been any reported illnesses associated with eating the meat. Food contaminated with E. coli might not look or smell spoiled. Consumption of food contaminated with the bacteria can cause serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses. Symptoms include severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea. Some people may have seizures or strokes
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Solitary journey: A lone kayaker spends a cool fall day exploring Burnaby Lake recently.
No more taxes: Mayor says Derek Corrigan says latest TransLink supplemental plan isn’t fooling anybody Janaya Fuller-Evans staff reporter
The possibilities listed in TransLink’s supplemental plan for funding major transit projects come down to property tax increases, Burnaby’s Mayor Derek Corrigan said. “I think it’s the latest version of their ongoing soap opera,” he said in a phone interview. “They want us to pay for transit improvements with property taxes.” The supplemental plan does state that
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TransLink is able to cover the funding for major projects in 2011 after budget shifts, but the municipalities would have to agree to the possibility of property tax increases in 2012 if another source of funding doesn’t become available. “I don’t think anybody’s fooled,” Corrigan said, adding the municipalities can’t rely on wishful thinking that the funding will show up from elsewhere. It is clear that the province hasn’t come up with alternative ideas for funding the projects in TransLink’s Moving Forward Plan, including the Evergreen Line, he said. But the mayors on Metro Vancouver’s Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation have consistently said they won’t increase
property taxes for the projects, Corrigan added. “It is clear the mayors won’t go to property taxes.” The Mayors’ Council will most likely reject the supplemental plan at its meeting in December, Corrigan said. A vehicle levy, or Transportation Improvement Fee, was ruled out as an option because it would take too much time to examine the option and implement it properly. But the letter did acknowledge that it could be a potential source of funding in the future, with more research. The Evergreen Line project has stalled as TransLink Page 8
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